What to look for in an alignment shop?

MRGTX said
Thanks to all for the input!

So this chart has been around a while and I have it saved on my phone with the intent of bringing it along to the shop. :D

The question that I still have is about applicability- do these guidelines apply only to cars with stock suspension components? I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't be able to get the race spec camber/caster setting out of the stock stuff but I just want to check before I proceed.

I have the QA1 upper/lower arms...which should allow more caster at a given camber setting than the stock stuff. Should I try to take advantage of that? For example, if I can get 3.5* caster and -1.5* camber should I do it?
I'm planning for max street performance with occasional autocross...

Also, any guidelines about the adjustable strut rod settings would be a huge help!

The SKOSH chart is basically for radial tire use on Mopars. You can see that in the notes on the bottom. With stock components you're not likely to be able to get more than a couple degrees of positive caster. With offset bushings up to about +3.5°. More than that usually requires some kind of tubular UCA.

With the QA1 UCA's you should be able to get up to about +5° of caster without too much trouble. Whether you want that much is up to you, if you have power steering I'd say do it. If you have manual steering, realize that while adding positive caster improves stability it also makes the care more resistant to steering inputs, so, harder to turn. I run +6.5° caster on my car with 16:1 manual steering and 275's up front, so it's relative.

For camber on a street car I wouldn't go past -1°. That's just because more than that will start to show camber wear on the tires. You can run more, but your tires will wear faster.